Kaurna Collective and @conservationcouncilsa #StopTheChop gathering in the park - thank you for sharing your stories with us all
#ragtagextremists huh? 🌭🌳🤝
This is what many are most upset about: what is happening to the wildlife? 🐿️🐦🦇
Witness accounts (including my own) have seen trees cut at the base and tipped to the ground – taking significant foliage above, and potential habitat, with them.
This is really difficult to watch without knowing:
▶️ What wildlife has been identified in the park
▶️ Which trees their habitat is confirmed in
▶️ How they are being safely relocated
▶️ Where they are being relocated to
▶️ Who is on-site assisting as ecological experts
You can understand why people are concerned and distressed that animals are being harmed.
We need more information made available to reassure our community that our native wildlife, and protected species, are being kept safe.
#StopTheChop #NativeFauna #WildlifeRescue
TRAFFIC CALMING INFRASTRUCTURE
While riding around the golf course this weekend with Cr Freeman, I took some time to photograph something that I have been past dozens of times before; the speed humps and chicane strips on the Strangways Terrace.
These kinds of measures are sometimes called 'forcing' controls. They're a physical change to the street that forces a certain action to be taken by the road user in order to navigate it. We call them 'temporary' because they're plastic blocks clipped together and then bolted to the road, and they could be removed.
These ones make the high speed vehicle road users slower for the 90⁰ turns on the Terrace, which in turn makes the street safer for micro mobility users and pedestrians. It also makes the route less appealing as a rat-run, redirecting heavy traffic away from a residential area. Motorbikes, bikes, scooters, mobility wheelchairs, etc, are not impeded either, thanks to the level gaps between the speed bumps. It's a great solution.
This temporary infrastructure also demonstrates that there is an ability for the city to try new things first to see if they work, and respond with a bit of agility to fix a problem before delivering a permanent solution later.
I've previously asked Council Admin if similar temporary infrastructure could be installed on other streets to reduce rat-running and make our smaller and predominantly residential streets immediately safer without needing a full street redevelopment. The answer suggested that we didn't have the funding model available this year because of our other big-ticket infrastructure upgrades. I'd like to revisit this in the 26/27FY quarterly reviews and in the 27/28FY budget.
Examples of rat-runs that could be fixed are Selby and Oakley Street, Hurtle Square, Royal Place, Byron Place and Elizabeth Street, and the ends of Waymouth and Wright Streets where there is no signalised right turn from West Terrace.
It's great to see that the City of Adelaide *can* deliver this kind of infrastructure in North Adelaide. Would you like to see something similar on your street?
WATCH VIDEO AT: @protectpossumpark
I am extremely disturbed by recent footage, where witnesses allege to have seen possums falling from height as tree limbs are cut.
The community are desperate to understand the environmental management measures that have been put in place, including confirmation that a suitably qualified and licensed ecologist is on-site and undertaking inspections.
Both brushtail and ringtail possums are protected species under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972, which prohibits their taking or killing without a permit.
What is happening to the possums?
#PossumPark #StopTheChop #AdelaideParkLands
On Tuesday evening, Council resolved to write three separate letters regarding the City of Adelaide’s concerns with the redevelopment of the North Adelaide Public Golf Course.
The letters were prepared and sent by the Lord Mayor and CEO on 14 May and, as per the decision, they have been made publicly available.
You can download a pdf of the letters here: .au/media-centre/north-adelaide-public-golf-course-letters/
##StopTheChop
The Premier made comments on radio this morning that suggest the tree felling will be done by the end of the week. He keeps talking about the numbers of trees and claims that this is transparency, but he still won't say *which* trees, nevermind release the detailed design or allow public consultation.
Peter, if you truly believe that the outcome will be a net positive then you have to at least try bringing the people along for the journey.
Communication is the key.
This government's perpetual problem is that it simply doesn't want to engage with the people.
It's always announce-and-defend with these guys, and they still wonder why it always pisses people off. You're giving us a free kick here! Meme edits like this are just too easy.
We tried to tell ya, Pete. Adelaide LOVES the Park Lands. What a turn out! 🌳💚 It is not too late to #StopTheChop
First clip at 5:06pm
Second clip at 5:48pm
The North Adelaide Public Golf Course Act deliberately removes the City of Adelaide and the public from having any direct legal recourse against the development. For any other development, these actions by the government would be illegal.
The Premier has done his best Darth Sidious impression and said "I will make it legal."
One remaining legal challenge could be via the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, as the project site is entirely within the Park Lands heritage listed area.
Last night, I moved a motion seconded by @councillorkeiransnape that Council refer this development to the Premier, Commonwealth Environment Minister, and Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water requesting assessment under the EPBC Act. This is the only action we can take at this time.
It may be possible for an individual or an organisation to take further action, pending the outcome of these assessment requests, in the case where we can prove non-compliance with the EPBC Act.
The fight to save the park lands for all South Australians continues.
The motion as-passed is in the comments below.
*This video has been sped up and had silences removed to fit within the 3 minute algorithm limit imposed by Meta. You can watch the full meeting on the City of Adelaide YouTube channel.
Last night the president of the @adel_park_lands Adelaide Park Lands Association @matmontisa spoke to Council. Mat speaks so passionally and eloquently of the issue, and I think more of you should see it.
Later in the meeting, Council resolved to refer this development to the Premier, Commonwealth Environment Minister, and Commonwealth Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water requesting assessment under the EPBC Act. This is the only action we can take at this time.
It may be possible for an individual or an organisation to take further action, pending the outcome of these assessment requests, in the case where we can prove non-compliance with the EPBC Act.
The fight to save the park lands for all South Australians continues.
The motion as-passed is in the comments below.
*This video has been sped up and had silences removed to fit within the 3 minute algorithm limit imposed by Meta. You can watch the full meeting on the City of Adelaide YouTube channel.
